Naked Archaeology, from the Naked Scientists
Where did the Nazca Lines come from? Who built Stonehenge, and what secrets lie concealed within Egypt's pyramids? To find out, join the Naked Archaeologists as they undress the past...
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2011
Mary Rose, Underwater Landscapes and Metal Hunting
This month's edition of Naked Archaeology hails from Poseidon's Realm: we find out how synchrotrons can help in the preservation of the famous raised wreck, the Mary Rose and how diving diggers inves…
00:31:26 |
Tue 17 Nov 2009
Nero, Hoards and Aberdeen Ships
This month has seen an archaeological spoil heap the size of Nero's party leftovers. And it's been quite a month for Roman archaeologists who've just announced the positive identification of a very r…
00:32:57 |
Fri 16 Oct 2009
Hadrian's Timber Wall, Shell Beads and Brucellosis
We find out how the Romans got to grips with building a 73.5 mile-long wall, why humans were bejewelled 82,000 years ago and how a disease called brucellosis indicates our ancestors were eating meat …
00:31:37 |
Wed 16 Sep 2009
Lost Legends: Altinum, Herod's Tomb and the HMS Diana
Sometimes archaeologists know there's a site worth digging but don't quite know where to find it! We join the search for the original city of Venice, otherwise known as Altinum, the tomb of King Hero…
00:33:01 |
Mon 17 Aug 2009
Hunting, Submerged Traps and Flutes
We dive into the underwater traps at Lake Huron, explore the origins of hunting and play a tune on the world's oldest flute. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology Tom explores the depths of UCL's museum. Flu…
00:30:52 |
Thu 16 Jul 2009
Naked Special: 800th Anniversary Dig
2009 is The University of Cambridge's 800th birthday and what better way to celebrate than by digging an archaeological trench? We take a trip to the local Cambridgeshire village of Cottenham where v…
00:24:52 |
Sun 21 Jun 2009
Dating, Pottery and Norway
We strip down the science of dating this month by taking a look at rehydroxylation. We unearth some of the oldest pottery in the world, find out why Minoan pottery was so fashion-conscious and discus…
00:32:32 |
Tue 16 Jun 2009
Technology - Iron, Glass and Slag
Archaeology bared this month includes the 'long sleep' of human innovation, a technological accomplishment in the form of a 2000 year-old millefiori bowl and we explore the origins of iron metallurgy…
00:33:14 |
Sat 16 May 2009
The Mediterranean and the Romans
This month we explore the mysterious anchors buried off the shores of Cyprus, the unusual burial practices in Malta and the highly decorative shipsheds of the Romans. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology To…
00:30:09 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
Horses, battleships and pillboxes
This month we explore the archaeology of war. We explore the earliest-known domestication of horses, find out about an armed Elizabethan privateer ship and rediscover the egyptian tomb of Thutmoses I…
00:28:44 |
Tue 17 Mar 2009
Battles, Chocolate and Brothels
The sins of the past are uncovered in this month's Naked Archaeology, including chemical warfare; consuming desires for chocolate and finding the hidden Greek brothels. We also explore how one of the…
00:29:59 |
Tue 17 Feb 2009
Oetzi, American migrations and animal bones
The mitochondrial story of tzi, or the Tyrolean iceman, is unearthed in this month's Naked Archaeology. Also, how the Americas were populated and the study of zooarchaeology are under the trench-o-sc…
00:30:02 |
Sat 17 Jan 2009
TB, Underwater Archaeology and the Shaman
The tale of TB's earliest victims, the science of archaeology underwater and the first shamanic burial all go under the trowel in this month's Naked Archaeology. We also uncover where all the dirt co…
00:25:26 |
Wed 17 Dec 2008
Egyptian Mummified Foetuses, the First Crops and Solomon's Mines
Mummified foetuses found in Tutankhamun's tomb go under the genetic spotlight to find out who they were and where they came from, we dig up the history of the domestication of the first crops, and ha…
00:31:25 |
Mon 17 Nov 2008
The Vanishing Nasca, Repairing Pompeii and Peruvian Water-works
Why cutting down a precious tree species brought the Nasca people to their knees, how Pompeii is receiving a makeover, a new source of Neanderthal flints unlocks the secrets of early inhabitants of B…
00:29:58 |
Thu 16 Oct 2008
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